Changing Your Password

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You can change your CruzID account password via the web, or via the telnet program.

Choosing a Secure CruzID Account Password

For more help on choosing a secure password, see UCSC Password Strength and Security Guidelines .

About Your CruzID and its Password

Your CruzID and password are used as a network identification giving you access to many network services such as:

• email (@ucsc.edu)
• the ability to create mailing lists
• the ability to create ITS help tickets

Your CruzID will not help you change your password to administrative systems such as BANNER (FIS), PPS, SIS, or the Data Warehouse.

Changing Your CruzID Password via the Web

Follow this secure link to change your password: CruzID account password form.

Changing Your Password via SSH

You can use a program called "SSH" to login to your CruzID account and change your password if you are connected to the internet with either your modem or direct ethernet. (If you use pine to read your email, you are using SSH to login to you account first.) To use this UNIX command, you must be logged into unix.ucsc.edu . You will not be able to run this command on unix.ic.ucsc.edu.

After you have entered your login and password at the prompts, you will see some login messages, and eventually a prompt that looks like this: "%" Type in the command "passwd" press the "return" key. Type in your old and new passwords as shown:

 % passwd [return] 
    Old password for [username]:
    New Password for [username]: 
    Verifying, please re-enter New Password for [username]:
    Password changed.  

Your passwords will not show on the screen.

Changing Your AIS and MyUCSC Password

From MyUCSC:

• Log in and navigate to the Personal Info & Option area.
  
• Select Change Password.
  
• Click the Change Password link.
  
• Enter your current password, then enter your new password. MyUCSC passwords must be at least 8 characters long and have a combination of letters and numbers. They are case sensitive.
• Click OK.
  

To set up your Forgotten Password help:

• Log in and navigate to the Personal Info & Option area.
  
• Select Change Password.
  
• Click the Change or set up forgotten password help.
  
• Type in a question and answer, click OK.

My Student Administration (for staff)
To change your password:

• Log in and navigate to PeopleTools.
  
• Click Maintain Security > Use > My Profile.
  
• Click the Change Password link.
  
• Enter your current password, then enter your new password. MyUCSC passwords must be at least 8 characters long and have a combination of letters and numbers. They are case sensitive.
  
• Click OK.

To set up your Forgotten Password help:

• Log in and navigate to PeopleTools.
  
• Click Maintain Security > Use > My Profile.
  
• Click the Change or set up forgotten password help.
  
• Type in a question and answer, click OK.

If you cannot remember your password contact help@ucsc.edu to have your password reset.